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Ross, Sydney. "John Dalton". Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Jul. 2021, https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Dalton. Accessed 2 November 2021.

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John Dalton was born on September 5th or 6th, 1766.

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John Dalton was born into a family of Quakers

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He was elected as one of only eight foreign associates of the French Academy of Sciences

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He died on July 27, 1844

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He had an interest for meteorology throughout his life.

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He was an English chemist and meteorologist

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He taught math at a college

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Dalton married Deborah Greenup in 1755

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His most influential contribution to Chemistry is his take on Atomic Theory

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His father was a weaver and his grandfather was a shoe maker

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No one knows how he came to the conclusion for Atomic Theory. Even John Dalton didn't know.

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He died of a stroke

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He based his theory of partial pressures on the idea that only like atoms in a mixture of gases repel one another

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His atomic theory eventually began to prove its worth, and he gained widespread recognition.